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Godel host IT leaders evening with special guest

As Chief Technology Officer of Avvo and previously VP of Engineering at Spotify, Kevin Goldsmith has pioneered the use of new technologies and software development methodologies within organisations, and evangelised them successfully to senior management and other engineering teams. Godel counts him as one of its non-executive directors, and makes use of his extensive experience of building software engineering teams and products as often as possible by inviting customers to an evening with him.

Kevin, who is currently based in Seattle, WA, visited Manchester on June 6, 2017 for a private dining experience held for Godel customers and prospects. The event, at Gaucho Grill in Manchester, attracted a number of large brand names on Godel’s customer list that attended to hear Kevin talk about building a culture of continuous improvement.

“After the formal part of Kevin’s presentation, he spent most of the evening talking to our clients and prospects fielding a myriad of software development questions,” explains Mark Green, Client Director at Godel.

“It’s not often CTOs, CIOs and other IT leaders get access to someone with Kevin’s experience, and they were all very keen to ask him questions relating to their own businesses. He talked widely about how he gives more responsibility to his team members – delegating so that teams progress their own ideas – as well as the techniques and methodologies he uses.”

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Elena Polubochko, CTO of Godel has been shortlisted in the Hero of The Year (SME) category at the Computing Women in IT Excellence Awards 2017. She joins eight other industry peers within the category.
The award will go to the woman who has demonstrated excellence in her support of others, or in going beyond the call of duty to achieve a business goal – which may include championing a person or idea, rescuing a failing project or going the extra mile to help others.
Elena has direct responsibility for every project manager, project coordinator and SCRUM master in Godel’s 400-strong development teams.
“It’s great when things go well, but when something needs my attention it’s challenging. My team know they can come to me for help – escalating problems is not a sign of weakness or incompetence, on the contrary, proactively highlighting a problem is a sign of maturity. I have created that environment amongst my teams,” explains Elena.
“Every team member is empowered to change things and I am always fair – there is no blame and we share any lessons we’ve learned along the way which can lead to process changes for the better.
“I’m really excited to be shortlisted for Hero of the Year (SME) and look forward to the awards in November.”
Tech journalist Holly Brockwell will lead the judging panel. She is best known for founding the female-written, female-focused tech site Gadgette and is no stranger to awards herself, most notably winning The Drum's award for Woman of the Year in 2015. She is a big advocate for both technology and women, and well placed to lead the panel as they choose the leading lights of the industry.
The awards ceremony takes place on November 1, 2017 at the Montcalm Hotel, London.View article

Godel opens new office in Grodno, Belarus and celebrates five years in Brest, Belarus.

Godel has opened a new office in Grodno – its third nearshore software development centre of excellence in Belarus. Grodno is 280km (175 miles) west of Minsk where its primary centre of over 400 software developers is located.View article